The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#829 - Take a shower and go to bed

The stone was just there to lead the way, but somehow it had suddenly fast-forwarded to saving the world.

Moreover, these people talked about saving the world, but in reality, they were just wandering around Bailong Lake like headless flies.

Indeed, in Shi Tou's opinion, the most absurd thing about the whole situation was that Lu Jing and the others didn't even know where they were going.

Every day, after the sun went down and the Milky Way glittered overhead, the seemingly drowsy old man would fiddle with his strange instruments, while also scribbling and drawing on the ground.

Lu Jing would then promptly open the large box containing the Brahma Heaven and engage in friendly communication with the bronze statue inside, ultimately deciding which direction to go the next day.

In the initial days, their direction of travel was still fixed.

However, on the seventh day, there was a sudden deviation, fortunately only a slight adjustment compared to the previous direction.

By the twelfth day, the deviation was more significant, turning directly from northwest to southwest.

After another six days of walking, things started to become even more outrageous.

It also confirmed to Shi Tou that these people were just wandering aimlessly in the desert because they actually turned around and headed back towards the direction of Wulan City.

However, this time they only walked for half a day before stopping.

It wasn't until nightfall that Professor Xu, after observing the stars again, overturned his previous conclusion and pointed out a new direction.

This time, Lu Jing couldn't take it anymore. After carefully considering his words, he said, "Old sir… is it possible that you miscalculated?"

Professor Xu glanced at Lu Jing and said, "This time, at your request, I calculated it twice, and then I had An Shi help me check it. There's no mistake."

"Then why is it so different from the previous direction?" Lu Jing asked in confusion.

Professor Xu's eyes flickered, "The starry sky here is a bit strange."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lu Jing looking at him with a hesitant expression.

Professor Xu immediately understood what someone was thinking and said unhappily, "I'm not making excuses for myself, nor am I as stubborn and unwilling to admit it as you think…"

"You mean someone, because they don't want us to find that pearl, artificially interfered and changed the positions of the stars, but that's a bit too outrageous, isn't it…"

Lu Jing had a look of disbelief, "Even if you pulled out the being who imprisoned that dragon back then, they shouldn't have such methods."

Lu Jing, who had taken middle school geography, knew better than anyone else how far away those twinkling little things hanging in the night sky were from them.

Not to mention moving a planet from such a distance, even those cultivation novels wouldn't dare to write it like that.

"Moving the original position of the stars is of course impossible," Professor Xu also said, "but using some means to influence the observer might be possible."

"How to do it?"

"How would I know?" Professor Xu said unhappily, "This is the first time this old man has encountered this kind of situation."

After a pause, he added, "Let me just guess, the person hiding the pearl probably added an invisible罩zi (罩zi means cover, hood, shade, etc. It could be a forcefield or some sort of illusion) between us and those stars."

"Refraction?" Lu Jing was taken aback.

"What refraction?" This time it was Professor Xu's turn to be confused.

Lu Jing scratched his head, "It's not easy to explain. It's basically saying that we usually see objects through light, and light will be refracted when it passes through a medium. Theoretically, by changing the material or thickness of the medium, it will cause a visual shift of the object."

Professor Xu was completely bewildered.

At this time, the little Taoist Xie Anshi suddenly opened his mouth and said, "It's like when we look at chopsticks inserted in water, the chopsticks will be refracted, as if they are broken, but in reality, when we take out the chopsticks, we find that the chopsticks are not broken, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's what I mean." Lu Jing nodded, muttering to himself, "If someone really added a罩zi (罩zi means cover, hood, shade, etc. It could be a forcefield or some sort of illusion) above this Gobi Desert, then their physics must be excellent."

"But in that case, wouldn't the star map be useless?" Kui said, "Didn't the person who left this star map hope that someone could find that pearl?"

Everyone was puzzled by this question, and no one answered.

In the end, a soft laugh came from the wooden box.

Lu Jing opened the wooden box and looked at the Brahma Heaven inside, who had come back to life, and said, "Do you know the reason?"

However, Brahma Heaven closed his mouth again at this time.

"Speak, what do you want?" Lu Jing said straightforwardly.

"A sacrifice." Brahma Heaven licked his lips, "I've been pointing out the way for you for so many days, but you haven't given me anything, so it's not too much for me to make this request now, right?"

"Threats are useless to me." Brahma Heaven shook his head and smiled, "I'm just descended into this bronze statue. Even if you destroy the bronze statue, I won't feel any pain."

Lu Jing couldn't refute.

Although he knew that the bronze statue in front of him was just a strange object and didn't truly carry Brahma Heaven's will, and that death was death, the latter, as a strange object, obviously would never realize this.

So the other party really wouldn't care about his threats.

Seeing that Lu Jing didn't speak and seemed to be lost in thought, Brahma Heaven continued to entice him, "You said you want to save the world. I like what you're doing. Usually, in such stories, everyone in the team will have a use, and some people's use is to sacrifice for this world."

His words made Shi Tou's body crawl with goosebumps.

He couldn't help but take a few steps back, but the young man immediately reacted. This was Bailong Lake, a desolate world ruled by wind and sand. Even if he turned around and ran away now, he wouldn't be able to save his life at all.

Because once he left the team and lost the water and dry food on the camel, he wouldn't be able to last for a few days.

In other words, his life or death now was entirely at Lu Jing's discretion.

And Lu Jing hadn't spoken for a long time. Now, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Seeming to want to see how he would choose.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Lu Jing's mind. Using the life of an irrelevant person to exchange for the whereabouts of that pearl was indeed a very cost-effective deal.

Although it was a bit unfair to Shi Tou himself, seeing that the world was about to be destroyed, now was obviously not the time for womanly benevolence.

Since ancient times, those who can accomplish great things must be ruthless when they should be ruthless.

After a moment of silence, Lu Jing spoke again.

"If you don't want to say, shut up and go to sleep early."

A hint of disappointment appeared in Brahma Heaven's only remaining eye, "Such indecisiveness can't save the world."

"Come on, if I give him to you, I'll be falling into your trap." Lu Jing said, "After that, you'll keep trying to lower my bottom line."

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